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No. 268,357. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

HENRY J. CASE, or AUBURN, NEW YORK, Assrenou or ONE-HALE T0 1). M. OSBORNE, or SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-BINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,357, dated November 28, 1882. Application filed October 9, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J; CASE, a citizen of the United States, residing'in the city of Auburn, county of Cayuga, and State of New'York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binding Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows the improvement as applied to the harvester when looking at the same while standing in front of the main supporting and driving wheel. Fig. 2 is a view of the same when standing behind the driving-wheel, and Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the same.

The object of my invention is to even up the butts of the grain as it is received from the elevatingfcanvas onto the binder-table, and also to, aid in bringing the butt-ends of the grain down onto the binding-table and. well outward from the delivery ends of the elevating canvas aprons, and at the same time move the grain in the line of its length, so that the binding-arm will place the band around the gavel at the proper distance from the butt-end of the same without movingthe binding mechanism of the machine.

Ihave applied the improvement to a harvest ing-machine having elevating devices that deliver the grain over the main driving and supporting whcel,.and a binding mechanism the cord-carryin g arm of which has a horizontallyreciprocating as well as a rising and falling movement; but the improvement is equally applicable to harvesters and binders of a difterent construction.

In this machine, A is the main driving and supporting Wheel, and B the front cross-sill.

D, E, and F are longitudinal beams, which support the gearing and frame-work.

G and H are brackets fastened to the beams D and E, and are connected with the axle of the main wheel A, which thus carries the major part of the frame-Work and gearing, and through itsinternal gear-wheel, Limparts motion to the operative parts of the machine.

. A shaft, .J, mounted in suitable boxes or bearings, K, hasa pinion, L, on one end, which gears with the internal gear-wheel, I, and also has about midway of its length a bevel-gear wheel, M, which gears with a small bevelpinion, N, which gives motion to the crankshaftO and the sprocket-wheelPon said shaft.

A square-link chain, 0, on the sprocket wheel P, gives motion to the sprocket-wheel Q, which is on the end of the shaft R of the roller of the lower elevating-canvas, the upper roller being driven by a gear-wheel, S, meshing with a corresponding gear-wheel, T, on the shaft R. The end of the shaft It projects far enough beyond the frame-work on the opposite side of the machine to receive a small sprocket- .wheel, U, and a bevel-gear pinion, V. The

roller of the lower elevating-canvas is shown as W, Fig. 3, and is represented in dotted lines. The bevel-gear pinion V gears with a bevel-gear wheel, X, on a vertical shaft, Y, which is supported in a box, Z, which is bolted to the inclined post or frame-piece A. The box Z is circular or tube-shaped at its upper and lower ends, and to its lower endis hinged an arm, 13, so as to project at right angles from the said box Z. The box Z at its lower end, below the point where the arm B couples to it, is made larger, so as to form a hub, O, which serves to preventthe arm B from sliding down on the box Z.

To the arm B is bolted one end of a brace, D, its other end being hinged around the upper end of the box Z. This brace D serves to hold the outer end of the arm B from dropping down. The outer endof the arm B,for about one-fourth of its length, is made round, to receive the box or thimble E, which is arranged to slide freely upon it. The box or thimble E has a stem or wrist, F, which passes vertically through a hole in the ear of a stand, G, which is bolted to the cleat H, on the'outer end of the butt-board I. The wrist F is retained in its place by a pin passing through it above the ear of the stand G.

The form of the butt-board I is clearly shown in the drawings. A rod,J, has one of its ends bolted to the butt-board I at K, and its op posite end is firmly fastened to a couplingpiece, L. This coupling-piece has a round hole, which receives a wrist-pin, M, which is fastened to the crank N, said crank being secured to the lower end of the vertical shaft Y. It will be clearly seen that the arm B by this arrangement is free to swing horizontally on 2 may the box Z, to which it is hinged, and the buttboard I being supported at its outer end by the outer end of said arm, and at its inner end by the crank at the lower end of the shaft Y, the board will partake substantially of the same motions as those of the arm B, the whole turning on the box Z as their hinged center. 'lo control-this arm and the butt-board supported by it in their horizontal swinging motion, a vertical post, 0, has its foot fastened to the arm B at a, and to the top of this post is pivoted the controlling-bar b at c. The controlling-bar 11 projects beyond the pivot c, and one end of the brace 01 is fastened to it, the other or lower end of the brace being fastened by an eye around the foot of the post 0. The long end of the controllingbar bis held in any desired position by a locking-hook, e, which is bolted to the top rail, f. The controlling-bar b has also a series of notches on its side, in which a lip of the locking-hook e enters and looks it against longitudinal movement. A binder-table, P, receives the grain as it is elevated preparatory to being bound into bundles.

The binder-frame Q is supported in guidepieces 1 and h, attached to the cross-sill D and beam R, and is arranged to slide longitudinally therein,if so desired. The binder-frame Q, carries the operating mechanism of the automatic binder, which is in this instance of the Gordon type, having a vertical rock-shaft, to which the cord-carrying arm S is hinged,and which has a rising and falling motion, combined with an oscillating horizontal motion, imparted to it through its vertical rock-shaft, so that in process of binding the bundle the same is moved outward from the inner to the outer side of the table P.

A series of ribs, 6, are fastened to the inner sideof the butt-board1,as shown in'the drawings. shaped somewhat like a saw-tooth, the point of which stands toward the delivery side of the binder-table.

Further description of the binder or barvesteris deemed unnecessary to an understanding of the invention, the'operation of which I will now describe.

Looking at the machine from the front of the driving-wheel, as shown in Fig. 1, the vertical shaft Y, when the machine is in motion, has a rotation starting from left to right imparted to it through the bevel-wheel X, gearing with the bevel-pinion V on the end of the shaft of roller WV. The roller W receiving its motion through the sprocket-wheel Q and intermediate gearing, the chain 0, and sprocketwheel 0, saidintermediate gearing connecting the same with the road wheel A, the motion thus imparted to the butt-board 1 serves by its action on the butts of the grain to move the same longitudinally back on the table P, and at the same time outwardly from the inner toward the outer side of said binder-table. The degree of movement that takes place is determined by the angle at which the board is set when in operation.

These ribs in their cross-section are It will be understood from the description that the arm B, which supports the outer end of the butt-board I by being hinged around the box Z, and the rod J, supporting the inner end of the butt-board, being hinged to the wrist-pin in the crank at the lower end of the vertical shaft Y, the outer end of the arm B, and the butt-board I, supported by it, can by means of the controlling-bar B be set forward or back and held at any desired angle to the elevating canvasaprons, so as to move the sheet of fiowin g grain backward on the bindertable P far enough so that the cord-carrying arm S will place the band in the proper position around the gavel,which is generally about midway between the butts and heads of the grain. This adjustment of the board can be readily done by the driver in his seat, and more expeditiously than he can move the binding apparatus to secure the same object.

The butt-board I has a reciprocating movement imparted to it by the crank, and at the same time an oscillating movement is given to the inner end of the board.

The degree of action which the board has on the butts of the grain is determined by the angle at which the board stands to the mouth of the elevating canvas aprons. When placed at right angles thereto its action serves to move the butts outward. When set at a more acute angle the effect is not only to move the butts outward, but to push the straws back in the line of their length, the ribs on' the board assisting also in the outward movement. I

In Fig. 3 the board is shown at right angles in positive lines and in dotted lines at a more acute angle.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A butt-board supported on a horizontal arm hinged to and adjustable around a vertical axis, in combination with a crank-shaft for operating said board, arranged centrally within said axis, substantially as described.

2. The butt board upheld by and adapted to slide longitudinally on a hinged supporting-arm, in combination with a connecting-rod and crank, the shaft of which is coincident with the axis of the supporting-arm, for imparting a longitudinally reciprocating and a laterally-oscillating motion to said board, substantially as described.

3. A butt-board supported by and sliding .longitudinally on an arm free to swing or be adjusted in a horizontal plane on its axial support, in combination with an adjusting bar connected with said supporting-bar and extending within reach of the driver in his seat, and means for holding said bar, supportingarm, and butt-board at any desired adjustment, substantially as described. r

4. The longitudinally-rcciprocating and lat= erally-oscillating butt-board, in combination with its hinged supporting and adjusting arm,

and the shaft for actuating said butt-board arranged within the axial center of said supporting-arm and geared to and operated from the upper roller of the lower elevating-can Vas, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the butt-board I, its hinged supporting-arm B, arranged to vibrate around the crank-shaft actuating the buttboard as a center, the crank-shaft actuating said butt-board geared to and operated from In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of October, A. D. 1882.

HENRY J. CASE.

WVitnesscs:

FRANK R. RATHBUN, GHAs. W. TOWERS. 

